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A Guide to the Accomack County (Va.) powers of attorney and letters relating to slaves of Bull and Warner, 1839 Accomack County (Va.) powers of attorney and letters relating to slaves of Bull and Warner, 1839 0007433433

A Guide to the Accomack County (Va.) powers of attorney and letters relating to slaves of Bull and Warner, 1839

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The Library of Virginia
Barcode number
0007433433
Title
previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) powers of attorney and letters relating to slaves of Bull and Warner, 1839
Physical Characteristics
10 p.
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previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit previous hit Court  next hit.
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

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previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) powers of attorney and letters relating to slaves of Bull and Warner, 1839. Local government previous hit records  next hit collection, previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit previous hit Court  next hit previous hit Records  next hit. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of previous hit court  next hit papers from the circuit previous hit court  next hit of previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit under the accession number 44262.

Historical Information

previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit was named for the Accomac Indians, who lived on the Eastern Shore at the time of the first English settlement in Virginia. The word means "on-the-other-side-of-water place" or "across the water." It was one of the original eight shires, or previous hit counties  next hit, first enumerated in 1634 and spelled Accomac without the k. The previous hit county's  next hit name was changed to Northampton previous hit County  next hit in 1643. The present previous hit county  next hit was formed from Northampton about 1663. In October 1670, the General Assembly temporarily reunited previous hit Accomack  next hit and Northampton previous hit Counties  next hit as Northampton previous hit County  next hit. In November 1673, previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit was again separated from Northampton. In early previous hit records  next hit, the previous hit county's  next hit name was spelled many ways. In 1940 the General Assembly adopted the present spelling, previous hit Accomack  next hit. The previous hit county  next hit gained a small part of the southern end of Smith's Island from Somerset previous hit County  next hit, Maryland, in 1879, after the United States had approved boundary changes between Virginia and Maryland that had been agreed to in 1877. The previous hit county  next hit seat is Accomac.

Scope and Content

previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) powers of attorney and letters relating to slaves of Bull and Warner, 1839, includes three letters from William Hugg of Camden, New Jersey to James Ailworth of previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit. Hugg notified Ailworth that he had captured and imprisoned slaves that belonged to the estates of John Bull, Sr., and Jacob Warner. Ailworth was the administrator of Bull's estate. Hugg requested Ailworth to send someone to recover the slaves. In one of the letters, he references abolitionists. The collection also includes two powers of attorney that gave representatives of Warner and Bull's estates the authority to recover the slaves.

Related Material

Additional previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit previous hit records  next hit can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia. See A Guide to Virginia previous hit County  next hit and City previous hit Records on Microfilm

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit previous hit Court  next hit.

    • Subjects:

  • African Americans -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Antislavery movements -- New Jersey.
  • Fugitive slaves. -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Slaveholders -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Slaves -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Correspondence -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government previous hit records  next hit -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Powers of attorney -- Virginia -- previous hit Accomack  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Accomack County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.
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